Luigi Pappacoda

{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Luigi Pappacoda

| title = Bishop of Lecce

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Lecce

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| term = 1639–1670

| predecessor = Scipione Spina

| successor = Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello

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| consecration = 18 February 1635

| consecrated_by = Francesco Maria Brancaccio

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| birth_date = 20 September 1595

| birth_place = Pisciotta, Italy

| death_date = 17 December 1670 (age 75)

| death_place = Lecce, Italy

| previous_post = Bishop of Capaccio (1635–1639)

| nationality = Italian

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Luigi Pappacoda (20 September 1595 – 17 December 1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lecce (1639–1670) and the Bishop of Capaccio (1635–1639).{{cite book|url=http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002719&mediaType=application/pdf|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=134 and 220}}

Biography

Luigi Pappacoda was born in Pisciotta, Italy on 20 September 1595.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Luigi Pappacoda |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpappaco.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

On 12 February 1635, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capaccio.

On 18 February 1635, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Carlo Carafa, Bishop of Aversa, and Pier Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico, serving as co-consecrators.

On 30 May 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Lecce.

He served as Bishop of Lecce until his death on 17 December 1670.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Camillo Ragona, Bishop of Acerno (1644).

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